Over a period of 100 days from 6th April 1994, up to a million Rwandan Tutsi were murdered by Hutu militias in what amounted to state-sanctioned genocide. In the most appalling episode of ethnic cleansing since the Second World War, mutilations, killings and rapes occurred on an unimaginable scale, largely unimpeded by the international community. Fifty members of Mary Kayitesi Blewitt’s family were slaughtered in cold blood during the genocide.
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SURF Founder and former Director, Mary Kayitesi Blewitt, received from Prince Charles the OBE (Order of the British Empire) that she was awarded in 2008 in the Queen’s New Years Honours List at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Mary’s award is in recognition of her work supporting survivors of the Rwandan genocide, in the UK and Rwanda, through the charity that she established, Survivors Fund (SURF).
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The founder and former director of Survivors Fund, Mary Kayitesi Blewitt OBE is a Visiting Scholar – Researcher on Trauma Interventions NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service